Dhaka School of Economics (DScE) organized public lecture on SDGs and Entrepreneurship Economics’ on 18th Nov 2018. Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, chairman, governing council, spoke on this occasion as a chief guest. He told that the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in the realization of the social and economic gain envisioned by the sustainable development goals is very crucial. Dr Ahmad said that in a country like Bangladesh, entrepreneurship can play an important role in creating jobs, driving economic growth, addressing environmental challenges, and enabling unemployed to turn creative energy into ideas. He also said that government agencies had been created to help the private sector to become the main engine of development as the country transitioned from a least developed economy to a “key paradigm shift” of middle income country.
As a session chair Prof Dr Muhammad Mahboob Ali said that prime minister is trying heart and soul to improve quality of education, so Bangladesh national educational qualification framework must took consideration into developed nations. He also argued that each year one date must be declared as entrepreneurship day to create awareness of entrepreneurial growth.
Former Prof Zaheda Ahmad, Dept. of History, university of Dhaka, attended the program as special guest while among others Assistant Prof Rehena Parvin also spoke in this occasion. A 2- day poster competition was arranged by the entrepreneurship students.
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